COLUMBIA, S.C. - Hackers, viruses and worms generally get the headlines, but well-deployed technology can often stay ahead, or at least catch up quickly, in that running battle of the bytes. Instead, the biggest threat to IT security at credit unions and any other organization can just as easily come...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The newest big threat on the Web is the Fizzer worm, which first appeared in the Far East last week and is now spreading through the Internet. Fizzer is considered a back-door Trojan virus, experts said, and spreads via a number of methods, including e-mail attachments and...

BOSTON - Credit unions lead the vastly larger commercial banking space in one area: growth of automated lending. "Our research indicates that credit unions have advanced more quickly in this area than banks," Celent Communications analyst Isabella Fonseca concludes in her new report, "Lending Solution Vendors in the U.S." Nearly...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Credit union executives might want to take note that the competition is focusing on retaining existing customers and increasing the use of online bill pay as top e-commerce priorities. And CU managers frustrated with the struggle to synchronize information across channels as well as measure their return-on-investment...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Online lending is seen by many in credit union land as a crucial new tool in retaining members and growing new business. But it doesn't occur in a vacuum, and a new report from a coalition of credit union trade groups argues that developing that channel as...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Conventional wisdom holds that billpay members are profitable members, and Schools Financial Credit Union now has more than three years of data to prove it. The $972-million CU rolled out its online bill payment service in September 1999 and has been keeping track ever since. It says...

SEATTLE - Burning records might seem a bit suspicious in today's corporate environment, but it was just a celebration at Boeing Employees Credit Union. To mark the implementation of an automated payroll and benefits software solution, "we had a ceremonial burning of 850 time sheets behind the building the day...

STAMFORD, Conn. - As war clouds gather and the worst is feared from hackers and attackers, are businesses, including credit unions, ready to handle the business and IT outages that could come with a severe calamity in the homeland? "Despite the possibility of war and terrorist activity, most U.S. companies...